I just doesn't look like a "serious" hole. The Shanghai Tower site just looks so much bigger and "professional." And this is supposed to be a taller building.

Hi Wonder.

Rise has a good point but there is also this to consider ...
The hole here is smaller than the "ring" of supercolumns for the tower. The 8 square holes for them can be seen outside the hole.
The hole for ST is (was) larger than its "ring" of supercolumns.

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Originally Posted by snapdragon

the tallest tower is the last of the 3 towers planned in this site

Hi snap.

If you are referring to the area of the site that is across the street from the 2 current holes (that is not excavated yet) that is where the 66 level / 307 meter tall hotel will be situated. The 2 current holes are for the mall and the main tower.

Here is a site plan - click for larger.

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Wow, this tower really fits shenzhen, I really hope shenzhen builds more good towers like these. They don't have to be this tall, but of this quality would be nice, a nice change from the usual boxes. It actually looks out of place if it was built in NYC, maybe shanghai might have a chance of fitting this tower in their pudong skyline, though it will share some similarities with Jin Mao.

It could have been built in HK, replacing ICC, it would have been a perfect gate tower

looks like one of the corners, possibly around floor 20-25, based on the renders on the first page. The corner itself doesn't actually have any gold coloured cladding, so it will be interesting to see what it looks like when they take the protective covers off the left side of the mock up.

nice tower though.

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The drawing posted here before definately shows a B5 level that is bigger than the main tower - and therefore bigger than the hole.

They may have revised the plans because the square does kinda look like its for the bottom of the core elevator shafts and looking at the left side of the hole we are only at level B4.

The red may be carpet for a ceremony or perhaps some sort of waterproofing membrane ?

What's got me, is I expect(ed) to see piles covering the bottom of the hole. Then pile caps broken, rebar tied in to the rebar for the floor of B5 then a big first pour. I find it a bit unbelievable that the tower rests only on the piles outside the hole ?

The whole top down method for the podiums, leaving holes for the main structures is already very different and interesting.

Getting more interesting after todays updates.

Ray.

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